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vice-president, it is truly an honor to be able to host you at the pentagon today. >> [interpreter] >> the united states and china are pacific powers. and we welcome the rise of a prosperous and successful china. that plays an active and responsible role in regional and global security affairs. we want to work with china to build an open, transparent, and in close of regional security order. to build a cooperative partnership, it is essential that we enhance mutual trust. mutual trust and understanding between our two military establishments. it is in the interest of both of our countries to work toward genuine strategic transparency. and to build trust and cooperation on both sides. by forging these common bonds and by forging a stronger working relationship. i believe that the united states and china can work together for continued peace, stability, and prosperity in the asia-pacific region. again, we welcome you here. >> [speaking in chinese] >> honorable secretary panetta it is my great pleasure to come to the pentagon at your invitation and to have this meeting with you and your
vice-president, it is truly an honor to be able to host you at the pentagon today. >> [interpreter] >> the united states and china are pacific powers. and we welcome the rise of a prosperous and successful china. that plays an active and responsible role in regional and global security affairs. we want to work with china to build an open, transparent, and in close of regional security order. to build a cooperative partnership, it is essential that we enhance mutual trust. mutual...
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. >>> we have to move along to the pentagon. this is just in to us here at cnn. the pentagon admitting warnings of a potential terror attack before the hit on the consulate in libya. in benghazi. we'll have a live report on that, next. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? [ female announcer ] what's a powerful way to cut through everyday greasy messes? [ male announcer ] sponges take your mark. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] one drop of ultra dawn has twice the everyday grease cleaning ingredients of one drop of the leading non-concentrated brand... ♪ ♪ [ crowd cheering ] ...to clean 2x more greasy dishes. dawn does more. so it's not a chore. i hav
. >>> we have to move along to the pentagon. this is just in to us here at cnn. the pentagon admitting warnings of a potential terror attack before the hit on the consulate in libya. in benghazi. we'll have a live report on that, next. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china...
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david martin has details on the new leaner pentagon. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for re-election on. if you reduce it to a bumper sticker, it would say no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we will be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional ground forces. >> reporter: the president and his advisers held up libya where the u.s. committed air and naval power but no land forces as a model for future wars. and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition, if not conflict. >> all of the trends, demographic trends, geo political trends, economic trends and military trends are shifting toward the pacific. >> reporter: dempsey is talking about the rise of china. that and the hard earned lesson the u.s. could not afford to fight two wars simultaneously in iraq and afghanistan are perhaps the biggest game-cha
david martin has details on the new leaner pentagon. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for re-election on. if you reduce it to a bumper sticker, it would say no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we will be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional...
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leaders, discussing the pentagon budget. leon panetta saying both military and civilian leaders within the pentagon remain unified behind a revised strategy that essentially shifts the focus from the long wars to future challenges in asia, the mideast, also concerns about cyberspace. the budget for the fiscal year, by the way, begins on october the 1st. news from capitol hill about rand paul, republican from kentucky, is delaying a senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a statement on egypt. after unsuccessfully trying to block a judicial nominee, paul refused to offer consent to quickly move ahead on the senate's $109 billion transportation bill which the president offered his support for last week. the move expected to delay consideration on the plan until later this week according to politico, the reason, senator paul wants to offer an amendment to the senate transportation bill that would cut off aid to egypt if non-government employees working with the u.s. government are detained or held in the count
leaders, discussing the pentagon budget. leon panetta saying both military and civilian leaders within the pentagon remain unified behind a revised strategy that essentially shifts the focus from the long wars to future challenges in asia, the mideast, also concerns about cyberspace. the budget for the fiscal year, by the way, begins on october the 1st. news from capitol hill about rand paul, republican from kentucky, is delaying a senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a...
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the pentagon has already begun withdrawing u.s. troops for afghanistan. afghan president karzai has r already indicated that his government would accept the opening of the office. but the taliban statement strongly demands the release of members released in the military presence of guantanamo bay. the statement stresses the only parties involved are the taliban and the united states. the wording suggests the group may not take part in peace talks led by the afghan government. still another bloc of the taliban suggests all is not what it appears to be. spokespersons say their afghan allies enlisted them in the battle against u.s. forces. the pakistani taliban is the largest islamic group in the country. they told nhk that representatives from the afghan taliban visited them in november and december. the afghans asked the pakistanis to shift their target from the pakistani military and police to u.s. troops in afghanistan. the spokes person said his group had accepted the request and plans to send fighters to afghanistan in march. the groups also agree to s
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the pentagon, too. i am a hawk but i am a cheap hawk. i do not see any reason to accept waste in uniform than i should except waste in the civilian side. i very strongly favor strong america now. there is a gentle man here. he is coming to you right the second. >> my name is fiona. when you are president, what will your policy be toward china? >> to be as close to the chinese people as possible and as direct to the chinese dictatorship as possible and to make a distinction between the two. it is a dictatorship. at times it is overly aggressive. i would want to rebuild the american economy and manufacturing. i would balance the budget and pay off the debt. i would want an american military that is recapitalized so the chinese government would have no illusions about to the dietary military power was. i would try to be as friendly and as open as possible. [applause] now over here. >> it is an honor to have you here. i am 22 years old. i am curious what hope you can give american in these dire times. the principle of rome was not built in a
the pentagon, too. i am a hawk but i am a cheap hawk. i do not see any reason to accept waste in uniform than i should except waste in the civilian side. i very strongly favor strong america now. there is a gentle man here. he is coming to you right the second. >> my name is fiona. when you are president, what will your policy be toward china? >> to be as close to the chinese people as possible and as direct to the chinese dictatorship as possible and to make a distinction between...
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but there's there's more the pentagon they don't know what to do and i think if paul were to be elected that's what ron paul signifies you signifies basically hitting the panic button because you're like i think's going to pull the plug on the computer it has crashed and i have no hope whatsoever of getting out of this mess with anything that resembles a compromise which is what obama had promised in two thousand and eight and that is what the candidates are trying to do is that they're trying to portray themselves as who is the most anti obama who can change the way things are the current course of washington i want to bring up a quote from rick santorum over the weekend way he criticized president obama for for being anti-american he called them anti-american activity as he says quote this is the most important election of my life this is where america's freedom is at stake i'm asking you to stand up for your honor so who really is the most different who is the most radical those are the most anti-american obama's the most anti-american and clear what i what that means being anti-amer
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are you hearing from people at the pentagon, former colleagues they were ignored in the discussion on which direction to take the military? >> i can tell you that is probably the case. when the president stands up and says this is the guidance i gave, the guidance he gave was not oched toward how we have a strategy to contend with threats across the world. it was based on budget analysis. one thing that troubles me is mahmoud ahmadinejad next week will travel through latin america, south america and coming up through central america. we are on the crux of having a 21st century cuban missile crisis that could threaten us in south florida. wi cannot disengage and leave the staunch ally in the middle east, israel. but yet we see an arab spring that is turning into arab winter. those are things we have to evaluate. we haven't talked about the threat. we know that china is developing the strategic navy and air forces. >> greta: congressman, thank you. got to go. i hope you come back. >> i will. >> greta: tea party express chair amy kraemer says the iowa results set the stage for a battle r
are you hearing from people at the pentagon, former colleagues they were ignored in the discussion on which direction to take the military? >> i can tell you that is probably the case. when the president stands up and says this is the guidance i gave, the guidance he gave was not oched toward how we have a strategy to contend with threats across the world. it was based on budget analysis. one thing that troubles me is mahmoud ahmadinejad next week will travel through latin america, south...
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would you have a spending priority for people or for weapons systems at the pentagon? >> let me start by saying a little bit -- in the future, we are not going to be judged on our might as a country. it will not be disorder as we have or how many tanks we have, how many aircraft we have. we will be judged on our ability to compete in the world economically. i spent some time with people who had survived presidents and secretaries of state on the council of foreign relations, someone i have high regard for. this is not my original idea. it is basically his. but i agree with him. i think we really need to focus strategically. >> what is strategic -- does that mean you would downsize the current military might of the united states? >> i think we need to be nimble. >> what does that mean? >> because we have to pay attention to terrorist outbreaks that come up often, we need to be nimble. we need to rely on technology. we need to be strategic in how we go about -- have now? military. it might be smaller, but the most important thing for us is to make sure we have a strong e
would you have a spending priority for people or for weapons systems at the pentagon? >> let me start by saying a little bit -- in the future, we are not going to be judged on our might as a country. it will not be disorder as we have or how many tanks we have, how many aircraft we have. we will be judged on our ability to compete in the world economically. i spent some time with people who had survived presidents and secretaries of state on the council of foreign relations, someone i...
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going through tough times right now and also over the long term, the food will be used by those in the pentagon and other places. america depend on farmers and ranchers to put food on the table, depend on them to feed our families, so we need to be there for them. not just today but tomorrow and every day until this drop passes because we are americans. that's what we do. we take care of each other. when tough times strike our neighbors, we give them a hand. [applause] now, that speaks to the larger idea of why i'm here. the notion that i am my brother's keeper, the idea that we are in this together was at the heart of the journey that began here in iowa five years ago. you know, we spend a lot of time on bus tours like this one, in school gymnasiums, small businesses throughout this state. the bus we had was not as nice as this one. [laughter] that campaign back in 2007-2008 had plenty of ups and downs, but no matter what you, the people in iowa, had my back. you had my back. [applause] when the pundits had written us off, when we were down in the polls, you believed in me, and i believe in yo
going through tough times right now and also over the long term, the food will be used by those in the pentagon and other places. america depend on farmers and ranchers to put food on the table, depend on them to feed our families, so we need to be there for them. not just today but tomorrow and every day until this drop passes because we are americans. that's what we do. we take care of each other. when tough times strike our neighbors, we give them a hand. [applause] now, that speaks to the...
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so as i mentioned today the president gave a press conference from the pentagon something that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says is the first time in history to have happened now you guys know obama oh he's such a president setter unfortunately it just usually is in a negative way if you ask me but today the event to a subscriber new refocused strategy for our military a leaner approach if you will and not leader because the pentagon suddenly woke up one morning realize hey you know we could be doing the same thing we're doing now or maybe even more but by spending less now of course that's just a wishful thinking instead of this comes as the pentagon is going to be forced to cut almost four hundred fifty billion dollars over the next ten years as congress agreed upon last year and you know the war hawks out there already crying out saying this is going to endanger our country put our national security into jeopardy but i have to give to the president he made one very important point today during this press conference that should make all the critics of defense cuts shut their
so as i mentioned today the president gave a press conference from the pentagon something that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says is the first time in history to have happened now you guys know obama oh he's such a president setter unfortunately it just usually is in a negative way if you ask me but today the event to a subscriber new refocused strategy for our military a leaner approach if you will and not leader because the pentagon suddenly woke up one morning realize hey you...
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have a new satrapi in the middle east all this cannot possibly work but still a lot of people in the pentagon neocons and all that they still think it might. that was asia times correspondent pepe escobar and while some fear what the new well war new year will bring when it comes to foreign policy many of course are using this time to set those new year's resolutions and some are ready to get rid of last year's dirty laundry so what would you ban in two thousand and twelve laurie harshness takes that question to the streets of the big apple. two thousand and twelve is now arriving what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that i think wall street protest because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student is my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the point is i understand what they're fighting for and i grieve for but for me i'm like you just taking up space i would probably be. gambling. in the world be a better place without those things yeah i think it would be lots of benefits yeah i agree i think a lot of peo
have a new satrapi in the middle east all this cannot possibly work but still a lot of people in the pentagon neocons and all that they still think it might. that was asia times correspondent pepe escobar and while some fear what the new well war new year will bring when it comes to foreign policy many of course are using this time to set those new year's resolutions and some are ready to get rid of last year's dirty laundry so what would you ban in two thousand and twelve laurie harshness...
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at the pentagon today, president obama announced plans for a itaner fighting force while maintaining american military superiority. republican criticism came quickly. house arms services chairman buck mckeon called it a lead- from-behind strategy for a left- behind america. we asked david martin to tell us what the president has in mind. >> reporter: the president came everhe pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for umelection on. if you reduced it to a bumper sticker, it would say: no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints, we'll be able to ensure our security with smaller ronventional ground forces. a reporter: the president and his advisors held up libya, irere the u.s. committed air and r val power but no land forces, as a model for future wars. ted joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition, if not conflict. >> all of the trends-- icmographic trends, geopoli
at the pentagon today, president obama announced plans for a itaner fighting force while maintaining american military superiority. republican criticism came quickly. house arms services chairman buck mckeon called it a lead- from-behind strategy for a left- behind america. we asked david martin to tell us what the president has in mind. >> reporter: the president came everhe pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for umelection on. if you...
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the budget and taxes and the defense secretary testifying on capitol hill defending cutbacks for the pentagon budget. in the next hour a look back at the 2006 senate race in which rick santorum lost. the impact that may or may not have in the 2012 presidential bid showing that rick santorum is either dead even or ahead nationally in a poll that came out over the weekend showing that he is in the lead in michigan, a key state for rick santorum and mitt romney, who was born and raised in michigan. the washington times has a story about a visit here by the chinese vice president who today was welcomed not only by the president but vice president joe biden and secretary of state hillary clinton. a lot of policy differences including differences over syria, iran, and economic and trade issues, but the associated press pointing out that the u.s. today reiterated the long-standing concerns over human rights which obama described as a critical issue and said the two countries need to work together anded u.s. welcomes beijing's rise in the world. this visit is coming on the 40th anniversary of preside
the budget and taxes and the defense secretary testifying on capitol hill defending cutbacks for the pentagon budget. in the next hour a look back at the 2006 senate race in which rick santorum lost. the impact that may or may not have in the 2012 presidential bid showing that rick santorum is either dead even or ahead nationally in a poll that came out over the weekend showing that he is in the lead in michigan, a key state for rick santorum and mitt romney, who was born and raised in...
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there has been no real cuts yet to the pentagon. there hasn't been the hope or desire increase in spending. it we didn't get the increase in spending we call that a cut in washington. that where we are now. out of a $600 billion budget, couldn't you imagine that with the efficiency, common sense, and smart thinking we could save 8% of that? and the answer is absolutely. if that's the case. why are we not doing that? taking those idea. i also remind you that we put forward before the break an audit the pentagon bill. one of the biggest problem in the pentagon. they have no idea where they're spending their money. if you can't account for it. you can't issue in or manage. we need to do a lot of work in the pentagon. i'm a budget hawk but i'm also a military hawk. i want us to have the best equipment, the best equipped military in the world. if you look at what happened on procurement on the military. we're spending less and getting more in term of capability. that comes about in terms of our weapons system, development, and contract.
there has been no real cuts yet to the pentagon. there hasn't been the hope or desire increase in spending. it we didn't get the increase in spending we call that a cut in washington. that where we are now. out of a $600 billion budget, couldn't you imagine that with the efficiency, common sense, and smart thinking we could save 8% of that? and the answer is absolutely. if that's the case. why are we not doing that? taking those idea. i also remind you that we put forward before the break an...
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intelligence expert who has worked in the pentagon for two decades tells "outfront" the key information left out of the talking points can only mean the administration is covering something up. u.s. intelligence knew about the al qaeda link within 24 hours of the attacks. and the now infamous comments by susan rice saying the attacks were not preplanned, not the work of terror were four days after that. this does not add up. intelligence committee chairman mike rogers is our exclusive guest, but first, elyse has the latest on the news she's been "outfront" with from the start. you have been breaking this, this latest story about the white house choosing to leave information out. what are your sources saying as to why the white house left out key points. like the fact that this was a terrorist attack. >> well, i think, erin, if you look at the chronology of how this happened, the days after the attack -- in fact the day after the attack, my sources were telling me this was a preplanned military style assault, indication that there were terrorists involved. then as the days gone by, even
intelligence expert who has worked in the pentagon for two decades tells "outfront" the key information left out of the talking points can only mean the administration is covering something up. u.s. intelligence knew about the al qaeda link within 24 hours of the attacks. and the now infamous comments by susan rice saying the attacks were not preplanned, not the work of terror were four days after that. this does not add up. intelligence committee chairman mike rogers is our exclusive...
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held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years the growth in the defense budget will slow, but the fact of the matter is this. it will still grow. because we have global responsibilities that demand our leadership. in fact, the defense budget will still be larger than it was towards the end of the bush administration. and i firmly believe, and i think the american people understand that we can keep our military strong and our nation secure with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next ten countries' combined. >> this new plan the president announced today at the pentagon also entails what i think is an important demotion, a
held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years...
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when the pentagon have teamed up to create entertaining propaganda since the early twentieth century but the partnership really took flight after the success of top gun. now many more filmmakers are getting access to taxpayer funded military equipment if the message lines up with the pentagon's mission what does that ultimately happen. is that hollywood studios and said i've said screenwriters quite publicly if your screenplay cannot get the acceptance of the pentagon then we financially are not in a place to be able to make your movie besides shaping the narrative of how we perceive war some are concerned that movies like these are specifically targeting america's core youth if you look at how this movie act of valor came about a special operations commander mcraven straight up told people that the movie began as an effort to recruit minorities into the seal team but you're not there to teach people about the hardships of war act of valor has all the makings of a hollywood blockbuster complete with some high flying promotion by the navy seals dropping in on the red carpet premiere w
when the pentagon have teamed up to create entertaining propaganda since the early twentieth century but the partnership really took flight after the success of top gun. now many more filmmakers are getting access to taxpayer funded military equipment if the message lines up with the pentagon's mission what does that ultimately happen. is that hollywood studios and said i've said screenwriters quite publicly if your screenplay cannot get the acceptance of the pentagon then we financially are...
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it is part of a $450 billion cut from the pentagon's budget. the number of aircraft carriers will remain the same 11. it is an indication of the obama administration's refocus on threats from china. another $500 million in cuts to the pentagon budget could be ordered if congress follows through on plans for deeper reductions. >>> one candidate is out as republican presidential hopefuls now zero in on new hampshire's primary. michele bachmann dropped out after her last place finish in iowa. jon huntsman who skipped the caucuses is on the ballot for tuesday's primary. his biggest rival, mitt romney is leading in the polls, but he barely won in iowa. the romney campaign got a boost today with an endorsement from john mccain. >> what i'm doing is asking you that come to south carolina with so much momentum it cannot be stopped. >> rick santorum is facing new criticism about home state spending for specific projects he wrote into the bills. he said he was fighting to bring the tax dollars back to the state. as for the others ron paul finished a stro
it is part of a $450 billion cut from the pentagon's budget. the number of aircraft carriers will remain the same 11. it is an indication of the obama administration's refocus on threats from china. another $500 million in cuts to the pentagon budget could be ordered if congress follows through on plans for deeper reductions. >>> one candidate is out as republican presidential hopefuls now zero in on new hampshire's primary. michele bachmann dropped out after her last place finish in...
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but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today in texas charged with 28 counts of rape and sexual assault against ten female recruits, many still in their teens. he's among a dozen trainers at lackland airforce base under investigation for sexual assaults against 31 recruits. jennifer norris is not one of the 31 recruits but she did train at lackland and before she got there says she was drugged and raped by a recruiter in maine. >> i was frozen. i couldn't move. he did what he had to do and then just rolled over like i was a piece of trash. >> reporter: terrified, norris did not report the rape. like many victims in the male dominated mili
but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today...
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this week, the pentagon released the names of five soldiers and marines killed in afghanistan. >>> finally, your voice this week, today's question comes from randy richmond. has george will ever considered running for president? he'd get my vote. he said thanks, but no thanks. one, i could not measure up to the only president with whom i fully agreed. calvin cool lidge. and being president would cut into my baseball time. no one would want that. >>> thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us. watch "world news" with david muir and a shout out to katie couric. her new daytime talk show premieres tomorrow. i'll see you tomorrow on "good morning america." and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, t
this week, the pentagon released the names of five soldiers and marines killed in afghanistan. >>> finally, your voice this week, today's question comes from randy richmond. has george will ever considered running for president? he'd get my vote. he said thanks, but no thanks. one, i could not measure up to the only president with whom i fully agreed. calvin cool lidge. and being president would cut into my baseball time. no one would want that. >>> thank you for sharing part...
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while america's fighting force may be thinning out the budget, the pentagon vows u.s. forces will maintain their edge. tara mergener explains the new defense department strategy. >>> reporter: president obama made a rare appearance in the pentagon press room to defend massive budget cuts to the u.s. military. >> so yes, our military will be leaner but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority. >> reporter: the president is cutting $450 billion in spending and hinted at cutting troops. pentagon officials promised the troops that remain will have the best technology at their disposal. >> and the reality is you could face a land war in korea and at the same time face threats in the strait of hormuz. we have the capability with this joint force to deal with those kinds of threats. >> reporter: with the war over in iraq and fewer troops in afghanistan, pentagon officials say the focus now is on asia and the pacific region where new challenges exist. the president is slashing the defense budget because congress ordered billions in cu
while america's fighting force may be thinning out the budget, the pentagon vows u.s. forces will maintain their edge. tara mergener explains the new defense department strategy. >>> reporter: president obama made a rare appearance in the pentagon press room to defend massive budget cuts to the u.s. military. >> so yes, our military will be leaner but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority. >> reporter: the president is cutting...
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how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a big fan of the show. >> thank you very much. >> this is a serious problem for the d.o.d. anything that would impact war fighter safety or mission assurance we take very seriously. we're treating this as a very serious problem. what we're doing to counteract counterfeit in the d.o.d. supply chain and we're premayoral focused on weapons systems parts, things on airplanes, et cetera, is essentially identify those items that are critical to safety and mission performance, exercise particular due diligence and care in procuring those and testing them, sharing information across the
how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a...
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having said all of this what do we want for pentagon leadership? what should we want to make sure we are managing the reality behind these numbers in a politically smart and security smart way? it is not clear to me it is a bad idea to have someone who isn't steeped in pentagon management and having someone who does come from outside or hasn't spent is or her whole career looking his or her way up to pentagon management and has the single most important ability in whoever the next secretary of defense to say why do we do it that way? the person who has been willing to challenge that repeatedly would be my lead candidate. [applause] >> winslow wheeler, would you like to respond? >> sure. a perfectly reasonable challenge. pentagon leadership, let's call it secretary of defense over secretary of state, you don't need a competitor, to idly think over a notion of what we should do here or there. you don't want a second secretary of state. second you want somebody with demonstrated emphasis, emphasis on the word demonstrated confidence, somebody from bus
having said all of this what do we want for pentagon leadership? what should we want to make sure we are managing the reality behind these numbers in a politically smart and security smart way? it is not clear to me it is a bad idea to have someone who isn't steeped in pentagon management and having someone who does come from outside or hasn't spent is or her whole career looking his or her way up to pentagon management and has the single most important ability in whoever the next secretary of...
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to quote admiral mike mullen again, the pentagon budget was doubled in the last decade. and we have lost the ability to prioritize. to make our decisions and to do tough analysis. we also need a review of our defense strategy to make sure that we are preparing for the threats and risks of the 21st century, not those of the past. the foundation has funded two efforts along these lines to help advance the best ideas of improving our strategies. earlier this year, we funded a project by the stimson center, which brought together 15 defense experts to examine our strategic defense priorities in some detail and how they should be reformed. today, we announced a new coalition for fiscal and national security. the coalition chaired by admiral mike mullen in regards to defense of both republican and democratic administrations, stretching back more than 30 years, as well as leaders to the congress including the very distinguished gentleman here today. all that served our nation, and they are joining together now to say very clearly that our leaders must find solutions for the lon
to quote admiral mike mullen again, the pentagon budget was doubled in the last decade. and we have lost the ability to prioritize. to make our decisions and to do tough analysis. we also need a review of our defense strategy to make sure that we are preparing for the threats and risks of the 21st century, not those of the past. the foundation has funded two efforts along these lines to help advance the best ideas of improving our strategies. earlier this year, we funded a project by the...
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it does or at least some people in the pentagon do you don't believe me you can see for yourself sort of the strange names are all part of the fifty one billion dollar black bunch of the pentagon set aside for next year so we told you about it before this dark ambiguous budget is enough to give anybody nightmares or the government just casually gives billions of dollars to projects that nobody knows about except for a few select people now there's really all not all that much that we can suss out from this budget because they use code words for it like cobra judy for assignments and projects that could cover anything from i don't know using covers of battle finding ways to disguise a soldier named judy and obviously totally making up that kind of stuff cobra duty could mean anything and it could be something far more sinister probably is but we do know one thing here just like the rest of the pentagon this budget has faced the chopping block you see last year cobra duty was given forty thousand dollars this year and have to figure out how to keep going only seventeen thousand and in f
it does or at least some people in the pentagon do you don't believe me you can see for yourself sort of the strange names are all part of the fifty one billion dollar black bunch of the pentagon set aside for next year so we told you about it before this dark ambiguous budget is enough to give anybody nightmares or the government just casually gives billions of dollars to projects that nobody knows about except for a few select people now there's really all not all that much that we can suss...
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. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for reelection on. if you reduced it to a bumper sticker it would say: no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints we'll be able to ensuring our security with smaller conventional ground forces. >> reporter: the president and his advisors held up libya, with where the u.s. committed air and naval power but no land forces, as a model for future wars. and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition if not conflict. >> all of the trends-- demographic trends, geopolitical trends, economic trends and military trends-- are shifting toward the pacific. >> reporter: dempsey is talking about the rise of china. that and the hard-earned lesson that the u.s. could not afford to fight two wars simultaneously in iraq and afghanistan are perhaps the biggest game changers of the past decade. you could say the
. >> reporter: the president came to the pentagon to make sure everybody understands this is his strategy. a strategy he will run for reelection on. if you reduced it to a bumper sticker it would say: no more wars like iraq and afghanistan. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the end of long-term nation building with large military footprints we'll be able to ensuring our security with smaller conventional ground forces. >> reporter: the president and his...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming costs. >> brown: then, we turn to florida, where judy woodruff has an update on the g.o.p. presidential primary contest. >> warner: kwame holman reports on a aeyeyomponent o oprprident obaa's'se-e-ececon strategy highlighting the political gridlock in washington. >> president obama says this 112th congress-- as divided and partisan as it is-- should work with him on behalf of the american people. >> brown: ray suarez looks at today's jobs problem and the future role of manufacturing. >> warner: and, we have a conversation with veteran reporter tom edsall about the political landscape in a time of scarce resources. >> th
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming...
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the pentagon said in this case, they hoped to capture and detain the kidnappers. instead, all 9 were killed. the pentagon has not said why, but a spokesman said that they were heavily armed at the time and no members of the seal team were hurt. brian? >> good to hear. beth parker tonight. >>> the bureau of immigrations and customs enforcement giving back priceless stolen art to france. thirty years ago, a man -- and a renoir painting from a museum in southeast brands. they found it at an auction in 2003. the krieger museum in northwest handed over to france. ice's director said the agency has a lot of ugly crimes to pursue. >> we're not addressing after a given piece of art, we're protecting the cultural heritage of other countries and their citizens just as we would expect them to do the same for us. if we ignore those crimes, we debase our past. >> the last year, i.c.e. returned three pieces of priceless art to the french dating back to world war i. >>> metro said three employees were suspended without pay after an extra long train rode throughout redline on the
the pentagon said in this case, they hoped to capture and detain the kidnappers. instead, all 9 were killed. the pentagon has not said why, but a spokesman said that they were heavily armed at the time and no members of the seal team were hurt. brian? >> good to hear. beth parker tonight. >>> the bureau of immigrations and customs enforcement giving back priceless stolen art to france. thirty years ago, a man -- and a renoir painting from a museum in southeast brands. they found...